---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3502.20"
title: "43"
number: "3502.20"
heading: "Will BLM issue a lease to me if I am not complying with the diligence requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3502.20"
---

# §3502.20. Will BLM issue a lease to me if I am not complying with the diligence requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act?


BLM will not issue you a lease or renew your lease, or approve a transfer of any lease or interest in a lease for you unless you are complying with section 2(a)(2)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act ([30 U.S.C. 201(2)(A)](/usc/30/201.md?p=2-A)) for any of your existing leases that are subject to that provision. For Federal coal leases, BLM will determine compliance under [§ 3472.1-2(e)](/cfr/43/3472.1-2.md?p=e) of this title. If BLM issues you a lease when you are in violation of [section 2(a)](/cfr/43/2.md?p=a)2(A), BLM must void your lease under [§ 3514.30(b)](/cfr/43/3514.30.md?p=b).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189, 192c, and 209; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and sec. 402, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. appendix).

### Source

Source: 64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.